ASUS p2em User Manual
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ASUS P2E-M User’s Manual
II. FEATURES
Features
II. FEA
TURES
The ASUS P2E-M Motherboard
The ASUS P2E-M motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many intelligent features in a small package.
who wants many intelligent features in a small package.
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Multi-Speed: Supports the Intel Pentium
®
II (233MHz–333MHz) and Celeron™
(266MHz and faster) processors.
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Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440EX AGPset, the first AGPset optimized for the
Intel Celeron™ processor. Includes I/O subsystems.
Intel Celeron™ processor. Includes I/O subsystems.
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Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM),
offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based
virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.
offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based
virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.
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Versatile Memory: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8MB–128MB
168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB.
168-pin 3.3Volt SDRAM/EDO memory modules up to 256MB.
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AGP Slot: Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, com-
ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.
ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.
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ISA & PCI Expansion: Provides two 16-bit ISA expansion slots and two 32-
bit PCI expansion slots.
bit PCI expansion slots.
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Wake on LAN: Supports Wake on LAN activity through optional ASUS
PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card.
PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card.
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Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed
from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed
from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
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Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS which
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher
level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V)
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher
level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V)
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Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE control-
ler with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, sup-
ports Ultra DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2,
and supports Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives.
Supports two drives of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB,
1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. Supports Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-
inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120
MB, 1.44MB, 720K). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.
ler with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, sup-
ports Ultra DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2,
and supports Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM drives.
Supports two drives of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB,
1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. Supports Japanese “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-
inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120
MB, 1.44MB, 720K). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.
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Multi-Cache: Supports a Pentium
®
II processor with either 512KB, 256KB, or
0KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache in the Single Edge Contact (SEC) cartridge.
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Easy Installation: Equipped with BIOS that supports autodetection of hard
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
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Audio: Provides optional ISA audio chipset with 3D surround and/or optional
Yamaha S-YXG50 SoftSynth (Soft Synthesizer™/software wavetable synthesizer).
Includes complete online help to guide you through the audio software.
Yamaha S-YXG50 SoftSynth (Soft Synthesizer™/software wavetable synthesizer).
Includes complete online help to guide you through the audio software.
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IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.